Women Lawyers Sue to Stop Masturbating Inmates

posted by Linda Hervieux -

Nov 13, 2017

Public masturbation is so rampant in Chicago's Cook County Jail that officials offered inmates pizza to stop, a federal lawsuit claims.

Hundreds of female public defenders and law clerks working at the jail and other lockups have had to endure "on an almost daily basis" inmates who "have repeatedly exposed their penises, masturbated, and engaged in other acts of sex-based aggression," along with threats and harassment,Reutersreports.

The legal action filed last week says authorities have done little to stop the "heinous sexual misconduct." Efforts to curb the behavior have failed, including offering detainees pizza if they went 30 days without masturbating. Jumpsuits preventing access to genitals also didn't work: Wearers burned them in microwaves, per the suit. Calling themselves "Savage Life," ringleaders organize the harassment and award "points" for each offense, per USA Today.